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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Deshaun Thomas led all players with 19 points and No. 18 Ohio State forced 24 turnovers en route to cruising past the slumping Minnesota Golden Gophers, 71-45, on Wednesday at Value City Arena. Shannon Scott scored 11 points and dished out five assists for the Buckeyes (19-7, 9-5 Big Ten), who bounced back from a double-digit loss at Wisconsin on Sunday. LaQuinton Ross donated 10 points in the only meeting between both schools this season. Andre Hollins paced Minnesota with 11 points and eight rebounds and Oto Osenieks had 10 points and five boards for the Golden Gophers (18-9, 6-8)

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: North Florida at Ohio State No. 6 Ohio State looks to keep its perfect record intact when it welcomes North Florida to Columbus on Friday. The Buckeyes have won five straight games to open up the season and moved up two spots in the USA Today Coaches' poll following victories over Marquette and American. Ohio State has been winning with stifling defense - holding four of its five opponents to under 55 points a game - while its offense averages only 69.6 points per contest.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- LaQuinton Ross scored 20 points and fifth-ranked Ohio State cruised to a 76-60 win over Maryland in a Big Ten-ACC Challenge matchup between future conference cohorts at Value City Arena. Three other Buckeye players finished in double figures and Ohio State (7-0) shot 52.1 percent from the field while leading nearly start-to-finish. Sam Thompson added 14 points to the victory, with Lenzelle Smith Jr. contributing 12 and Aaron Craft registering 10 points along with six assists and five steals.

This may come as a surprise to die-hard Blackhawks fans: Hockey is alive and well--in Madison, Columbus, Denver and Minneapolis. College hockey. With no thaw in the NHL lockout yet, the college game being played before big crowds in those cities will come to the Allstate Arena on Saturday night when Wisconsin (17-6-1) of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association meets Notre Dame (5-14-5) of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. It's a different brand of hockey than either the Hawks or the Wolves of the American Hockey League play.

The Sports Xchange NCAAB Roundup: Calipari won't be leaving Kentucky, Sullinger to enter NBA draft Kentucky coach John Calipari said Wednesday won't be leaving the Wildcats any time soon, ending any rumors that he could return to the NBA. "Kentucky is the best job in basketball coaching," Calipari told ESPN.com. "Why would I leave? We just won the national title. We're chasing UCLA. " Kentucky beat Kansas on Monday night to earn the school's eighth national men's basketball titles, three short of UCLA's all-time record of 11. No NBA team reached out about an opening, said Calipari, who coached the New Jersey Nets for three years after leading the University of Massachusetts to the Final Four in 1996.

It's time you knew more about BOB. BOB--Bank One Ballpark--is not just home to the Arizona Diamondbacks, who won their first World Series in the stadium last Sunday. BOB, also known as The BOB, boasts the only major-league swimming pool for fans wanting to chill out while they enjoy a sizzling Diamondbacks game. And Bank One Corp. pays a cool $1 million a year, plus the cost of advertising during games, to plaster its name all over the stadium. That's why folks at Chicago-based Bank One don't like people calling their stadium BOB. Sure, it's better than being called Value City Arena, the formal name of Ohio State University's basketball home.

Duke drilled Michigan State at the Spartans' Breslin Center, winning by 22, and Georgia Tech buried Ohio State at the Buckeyes' Value City Arena, winning by 20. Wake Forest played host to Indiana and rolled by 33, and Florida State played host to Northwestern and cruised by 18. Virginia beat Minnesota by eight, North Carolina beat Illinois by seven, and Maryland beat Wisconsin by six. This wasn't just any ACC/Big Ten Challenge. This was a rout of grandest proportions, a true indicator of how last season would unfold.

The Sports Xchange By Brandon Castel, The Sports Xchange Buckeyes edge Northwestern thanks to late surge COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State avoided what would have been a notable upset Thursday, holding off unranked Northwestern for a 69-59 victory. The 13th-ranked Buckeyes trailed the Wildcats by four points with seven minutes to play. The tension was high inside Value City Arena, where Ohio State has never lost to Northwestern. It's been more than three decades since the Wildcats were victorious in Columbus.

The Sports Xchange Ohio State blows past Minnesota after slow start COLUMBUS, Ohio -- It's not how you start; it's how you finish. At least that is what athletes have been told for decades. No. 24 Ohio State found that adage true Saturday night in a 64-46 victory over outmanned Minnesota at Value City Arena. The Buckeyes did not score until nearly four minutes had wound off the clock, giving the Golden Gophers a seven-point cushion that grew to 12 in the second half. But Ohio State scored 17 straight points during a decisive 27-5 run that put Minnesota in the rear-view mirror.